No Americans because I think US history would largely have been the same just with different leaders. We're not as 'great man' driven as other countries despite the hype.
If no Einstein, physicists would've figured this stuff out but 20-30 years later. No Churchill and I am not sure the Brits successfully hold out. Germany may have had another dictator in the 30's but not one as evil as Hitler. The Reds would've tried to take over Russia in 1917 but would they have succeeded without Lenin?
It's all subjective but for me...Churchill spoke but London was the first major city that held against aerial bombing...but others have since then...Hanoi being one of them.
And Brit was a story we all knew...but in reality it was primarily the Eastern front that was the major focus.
I don't think Hawking even makes the top five physicists of the 20th century.
Here are seven that I would easily rank ahead of Hawking (but there are more)...
1. Albert Einstein
2. Niels Bohr
3. Max Planck
4. Enrico Fermi
5. Werner Heisenberg
6. Richard Feynman
7. Ed Witten
Albert Einstein is the greatest physicist of all time, according to a survey of 100 leading physicists conducted by Physics World (the journal of the British Institute of Physics). In second place is Isaac Newton, closely followed by two other founding fathers of physics, Galileo Galilei and James Clerk Maxwell. However, seven of the ten are 20th-century particle physicists. Bohr, Rutherford, Dirac, Schrödinger, Heisenberg and Einstein himself were all major players in the great quantum revolution, which took place in the early years of the 20th century. Richard Feynman, in 7th place, epitomizes the emergence of modern field theory.
The votes for most important discoveries of all time went to quantum mechanics, Newton's mechanics and gravitation, and Einstein's relativity. The respondents were also asked what were the greatest unsolved problems in physics. Quantum gravity, high-temperature superconductivity and consciousness were among the choices, although one wit replied "getting tenure". PW
Top 10 physicists of all time
1. Albert Einstein 2. Isaac Newton 3. James Clerk Maxwell 4. Niels Bohr 5. Werner Heisenberg 6. Galileo Galilei 7. Richard Feynman 8. Paul Dirac 8. Erwin Schroedinger 10. Ernest Rutherford
Pretty good list IMO. Eisenhower will get some pushback but I think he was much more of an influence in the 20th century than, say, Teddy Roosevelt, who was more of a 19th century man.
You might substitute Mao for Eisenhower, although the John Lennon substitution is tempting as well.
What did Obama do in the 20th century ;)
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and Obama.
Good point. Make that Gandhi and Einstein.
What did Obama do in the 20th century ;)
Adolf Hitler
John Gotti
Pablo Escobar
John F. Kennedy
And Ghandi. Gotta have Ghandi.
Mao
Lenin
Hitler
Watson and Crick
I was thinking of him as well, plus maybe the guy who discovered penicillin. I forget his name.
Einstein
Churchill
Gandhi
Next up would be Stalin and Mao.
No Americans because I think US history would largely have been the same just with different leaders. We're not as 'great man' driven as other countries despite the hype.
If no Einstein, physicists would've figured this stuff out but 20-30 years later. No Churchill and I am not sure the Brits successfully hold out. Germany may have had another dictator in the 30's but not one as evil as Hitler. The Reds would've tried to take over Russia in 1917 but would they have succeeded without Lenin?
And for who mentioned Obama the only list I would put him on is the biggest buffoon of the 21st century but that's for another discussion
And Brit was a story we all knew...but in reality it was primarily the Eastern front that was the major focus.
Btw...I think the penicillin guy was Dr Fleming.
Here are seven that I would easily rank ahead of Hawking (but there are more)...
1. Albert Einstein
2. Niels Bohr
3. Max Planck
4. Enrico Fermi
5. Werner Heisenberg
6. Richard Feynman
7. Ed Witten
Gahndi
Churchill
Einstein
Lenin
The votes for most important discoveries of all time went to quantum mechanics, Newton's mechanics and gravitation, and Einstein's relativity. The respondents were also asked what were the greatest unsolved problems in physics. Quantum gravity, high-temperature superconductivity and consciousness were among the choices, although one wit replied "getting tenure". PW
Top 10 physicists of all time
1. Albert Einstein 2. Isaac Newton 3. James Clerk Maxwell 4. Niels Bohr 5. Werner Heisenberg 6. Galileo Galilei 7. Richard Feynman 8. Paul Dirac 8. Erwin Schroedinger 10. Ernest Rutherford
Edison
Tesla
Philco
No, not predictable... just plain stupid...
Agreee, and no one has had the balls to follow... Just MHO...
Mandela
Martin Luther King
Churchill
Teddy Roosevelt
"The best definition of man is--a creature who walks on two legs and is ungrateful."
Well the OP said MEN?
Oppenheimer
Tesla
Einstein
Stalin
Hard to really limit this to 5, but as you can see from my middle 3, I'm kinda partial to scientists.
MLK
Churchill
FDR
Mandela
Martin Luther King
Churchill
Teddy Roosevelt
Seconded.
MLK
Churchill
FDR
Pretty good list IMO. Eisenhower will get some pushback but I think he was much more of an influence in the 20th century than, say, Teddy Roosevelt, who was more of a 19th century man.
You might substitute Mao for Eisenhower, although the John Lennon substitution is tempting as well.
Paul
George
Ringo
Einstein
Paul
George
Ringo
Einstein
If you substitute FDR for Ringo, I'll go with that. :-)